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November
1,
2007 - Thursday
Lava Lamp Thursday Open
Mic @ 8:00
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Hosted by Pam Herndon
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November 2,
2007 - Friday
Autumn Chili Tasting
It's a chili tasting! Put on your apron, slave over a hot stove, and cook up
your best gastronomical
chili concoction. We will be sampling everyone's homemade chili...some mild...some wild...some
to make your tongue wag...some paint peelers...and
some guaranteed to remove upper lip hair or
maybe the entire upper lip!
Socialize and hang out with your friends over your favorite
brew and chili samples discussing each selection's
aroma, consistency, blend of spices and flavor. For added entertainment, tag your chili with a"special name" to excite the taste
buds! Everyone
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from the most deranged chili junkie
to your ninety-eight-year-old grandmother can
enjoy tonight!
So
grab your Tums and let the taste testing begin!
Chili
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November
3, 2007 - Saturday
Butch
Morgan and Doug Fesler
Never
let it be said the Claude "Butch" Morgan
isn't passionate about life. His songs are often
spiritual in nature, but they're full of fun and
carry simple but powerful messages.
Butch
Morgan has an ability to take life's simplicity
and put a striking message inside in the form
of a song, a great example being his "God
Drives A Pick-up Truck". Morgan's "Blubberball"
attests to all that can go wrong when you don't
take care of yourself, and is a song performed
entirely with one chord. As Butch says, "It
starts off in G, then goes to G for the solos,
then we wrap it up in G."
Joining
Butch onstage tonight will be harmonica player
and back-up vocalist Doug Fesler. Doug has played
in bars, churches, coffee houses, dance halls,
restaurants, house parties, concerts and beer
gardens around Texas for about 35 years in small
ensembles, dance bands and as a solo artist.
Doug
has published and recorded his own music and has
worked in studios with other artists, such as
The Lucky Tomblin Band, Augie Meyers, Kevin and
the Blacktears and Charlie Beall. He is a guitarist,
vocalist and harmonicat, who clearly enjoys playing
for and entertaining people. "I tried playing
for just my dog, but she can't hold the Bic lighter
and sway rhythmically. No thumbs."
Don't miss this show ... two wonderful characters with a humorous rapport onstage. You'll laugh for sure!
Showtime
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November
4,
2007 - Sunday
NSAI
Open Mic @ 6:00 pm
Hosted by TC Smythe
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November
7, 2007 - Wednesday
Acoustic Anarchy & Musical Mayhem
with Bob, Jeff & Danny
Showtime
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November
8,
2007 - Thursday
Lava Lamp Thursday Open
Mic @ 8:00
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Hosted by Pam Herndon
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November
9, 2007 - Friday
Texas Songwriter Showcase
Some of the best singer songwriters from around
the state of Texas grace the JPHH stage on the
second Friday of each month.
The
featured artists for this evening's showcase are
Matt Harlan and Jimmy Pizzitola.
Matt
Harlan: A songwriter's songwriter, composing scenic
landscapes and pointed statements disguised as
songs ... often non-linear, but always melodic.
Matt took First Place in the 2006 American Songwriter
Lyric Contest for his song "Waiting For Godot."
His debut CD, Live and Rambling, will be available at the show.
Jimmy Pizzitola:
His songs are simple. His voice is pure. He believes in the songs he sings and takes the listener with him wherever he chooses to go. Jimmy’s voice is one that appeals to both the old standards (people, that is) and the new editions. Worldly-aware and introspective, his songs seem to tap into the collective consciousness of our time – which explains his ever-expanding fan base.
Willie
B: Willie describes himself as a bluesy guitar
player, but he is so much more. He is a gifted
and diverse guitar player who writes and performs
in many musical genres. Willie writes and sings
songs around the people in his life. He has been
a past recipient of HFBSA's "Song
of the Year" and "Songwriter of the
Year". Willie has recorded four albums to
date and is currently working on his fifth solo
project.
The Texas
Songwriters' Showcase is
the
longest running
showcase in Houston. These songwriters will take
to the stage to entertain you with colossal musical
talent and
wide-ranging
experience ... you
will not be disappointed.
Host Willie
B
Showtime
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November
10, 2007 - Saturday
Benefit for Mark Zeus
Tonight's benefit is to provide financial help to our friend as he recovers from double hip replacement surgery. Mark has been a driving force in the Houston music scene.
PLEASE JOIN US AS WE COME TOGETHER
UNITING OUR MUSICAL FORCES,
SHARING OUR GIFTS, OUR TALENTS,
AND OUR MONEY TO HELP OUR FRIEND
MARK ZEUS.
Performance Schedule
4:00 — 4:30pm  Bob and Jeff with Danny Jones
4:30 — 5:00pm Dodd Eastham & Glynace
5:00 — 5:45pm Kat Rose, Tony Rose & Jen Rathbun
5:45 — 6:30pm Bill Aspinwall, Mike Darnell & Chelsea Miller
6:30 — 7:15pm T.C. Smythe & Dan Ennis
7:15 — 8:00pm Hank Woji, Larry Sepulvado & Michael Pope
8:00 — 8:45pm The Hanshaws, Matt Harlan & Carolyn Wallace
8:45 — 9:30pm Otis Futhermucker, Willie B & Gary Seber
9:30 — 10:15pm Robert Frith, Patti Sullivan & Jimmy Pizzitola
10:15 — 11:00pm Bill Ward, Saylor White & Annie Benjamin
11:00 — 11:45pm ‘Bout Time
11:45 — 12:45am Sweet Mama Cotton, Mark Beets & Tom Tranchilla
12:45 — till? CD’s over Jim's System
Hosted by: WILLIE B
POT LUCK - Please bring a dish or snack to share
Raffles and Special Drawings for Prizes -
$1.00 raffle tickets may be purchased NOW at JP Hops House
SILENT AUCTIONS
Donations Accepted
This event was organized by Beverly Shirkey.
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November
11,
2007 - Sunday
HFBSA
Meeting @ 1:30 pm, Showcase @ 4:00
pm
NSAI Open Mic
@ 6:00 pm
Hosted by TC Smythe
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November
14, 2007 - Wednesday
Acoustic
Anarchy & Musical Mayhem
with Bob, Jeff & Danny
Showtime
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November
15,
2007 - Thursday
Lava Lamp Thursday Open
Mic @ 8:00
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Hosted by Pam Herndon
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November 16, 2007 - Friday
Michael Marcoulier & Anthony
Klonaris
Two guitar wizards,
the best harmonies you'll ever hear, and a long time
JPHH favorite. Michael and Anthony have been around
the Houston music scene for a long time. Michael Marcoullier
from back in the day when Michael, John Vandiver,
Shake Russell and Dana Cooper ruled Texas music stages. In recent years Michael has
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teamed with guitarist Anthony Klonaris. Anthony's extremely diverse
musical background includes everything from classical
to rock to country and jazz.
We invite you to join us for a helluva night of music.
Showtime
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November
17, 2007 - Saturday
Across
the Water and
Smythe
and Taylor
Sharing the Night
True
to their name, Across The Water features
an all-acoustic repertoire from both sides of
the Atlantic - just like the players. Steve Goodchild
hails from the north of England, and Bob Lahmeyer
and Paul Cooper are natives, respectively, of
Missouri and Texas. Despite diverse geographic
roots, they share some key things in common.
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"I
think we all hooked into folk music early, and
started playing and singing when we were teenagers,"
says Paul, who remembers performing "Where
Have All the Flowers Gone" for his high school
assembly in the 1960s; Steve's father had to drive
him to gigs when he started performing in folk
clubs at fifteen, and Bob recalls his college
band "practicing Crosby, Stills, Nash and
Young numbers a capella for hours on road
trips until we had it nailed!"
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ATW comes to play, they show up with a lot of
instruments. All three play guitar. Bob can pick
a hard-as-nails bluegrass banjo on one number,
and then turn a deft hand to the bass on the next
one. Paul plays backup and solo mandolin, and
has recently been seen behind more exotic things
like bouzoukis and octave mandolins, holding Steve
totally accountable for his new fascination for
things with more than six strings! Depending on
the performance, Steve might come out toting a
mandolin, mandola, a cittern or even the mandocello
he calls "Bloodaxe". Stir three capable
voices into the instrumental mix and you have
all the ingredients for a veritable smorgasbord
of new and traditional music from their respective
countries and regions. They have also been known
to put aside the wood & wire and, without
the benefit of that safety-net, deliver the occasional
unaccompanied number in distinctive tight, three-part
harmony.
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guys are passionate about their music, enjoy performing
it and sharing it with their audiences.
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Smythe and Gary Taylor, performing
together as a duo since 2000, play a wide variety
of traditional and contemporary acoustic music.
They're noted for their homegrown harmonies and
humorous lyrics. With five albums between them,
Smythe & Taylor demonstrate their musical
and songwriting abilities that range from lighthearted
to poignant.
Both are members of HAAM and Houston Fort Bend
Songwriters Association, of which Gary is the
current president.
Showtime
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November
18, 2007 - Sunday
NSAI
Open Mic @ 6:00
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November
21, 2007 - Wednesday
Acoustic
Anarchy & Musical Mayhem
with Bob, Jeff & Danny
Showtime
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November
22,
2007 - Thursday
Thanksgiving Day
I like to remind myself that it's okay to be a turkey, because we're all turkeys, ...sometimes.
Have an abundant and happy Thanksgiving and may all your giblets be generous and joyous with jubilation gravy.
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November
23,
2007 - Friday
Hank Woji Band
This
Jersey born singer songwriter has quietly been
building a strong catalog of work and an avid
following since his move from Manhattan to Houston.
Hank's
music draws comparisons to Arlo Guthrie and
Cat Stevens.
He was recently a finalist in the 2007 South
Florida Folk Festival Songwriting Contest and
the Suwannee Springfest 2007 Songwriting Competition.
His
first CD, Medallion, released in 2005,
combined elements of folk, blues, and rock with
Brasilian, Cuban, African and Indian rhythms.
For his work on Medallion, Hank was nominated for the 2006 Producer of the Year Award, by the Academy of Texas Music. His next album is currently in production.
Joining Hank onstage are Kelly Dean on saxophones,
Jeff Duncan on violin,
Mike Mizma on drums and percussion, Thomas Helton on doublebass,
and
Mark Zeus on mandolin.
Showtime
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November 24, 2007 - Saturday
Ben
Morris and The Great American Box Car Chorus
“I have always tried to live my life with
a whole lot of heart and plenty of soul.”
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his music inner thoughts and raw emotions are
shared with the exactness and bare bones honesty
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performance began early on for Ben, and found
it’s musical debut in a duo out of Texas
A&M University called Jeff and Ben (JAB).
Their first written song, “We Don’t
Wear No Underwear On Our Foreheads”, was
an instant hit on the living room scene and sofa
circuit. In a short time,
this budding Texas performer has already been
privileged to share the stage with Hayes Carll,
Mark David Manders, Eli Young Band, Pauline Reese,
Phil Pritchett, Deryl Dodd, and many other fine
Texas artists.
“If
ya’ll don’t love this band … something
is wrong with your genetics.”
~ Mark David Manders
With a new sound and a new record, Ben Morris
is stepping forward. The Other Side of Broken exposes melancholy realities while inspiring hope
for the future and a confidence that the human
spirit is rebounding and unsinkable.
“To me, life is so much richer when you live
from the inside out.”
On
this very special night the band Ben will be joined
by his band The Boxcar Chorus. (I love that name.)
Band members are Coby Tate flying across the frets
as lead guitarist, Jon Dittfurth playing bass
guitar and singing background vocals and Bucky
Bachmeyer hitting the sticks as the drummer.
With all this young, fresh talent and energy,
this night will be a lot of fun!! I am looking
forward to this show, hope you can join us!
Showtime @ 9:00 pm
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November
25, 2007 - Sunday
This meeting was rescheduled for Sunday, December 2, 2007
NSAI
Monthly Meeting
@ 4:00 pm
Nashville Songwriters Association International
- Houston Chapter
NSAI Open Mic @ 6:00
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Host: TC Smythe
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November 27, 2007 - Tuesday
KILTY's Cheese Challenge
Bring your favorite cheese to share.
Crackers and fruit will be provided.
Cheese chompin' starts @ 5:00 pm
The Kilty's Cheese Challenge was a super-colossal success! It was a chunk o' cheese heaven! The cheese themed decorated buffet was adorned with 20 different mouth-watering cheeses from around the world. The selection included mild to very sharp, soft to hard, very young cheese to very old cheese covered with ashes, pungent-smelling cheese and the mold-bearing varieties. Oh how cows and goats would have beamed at the creations made from their milks that celebrated their curds and whey! To enhance our cheese experience, there were crackers, olives and fruits. "Cheese aficionados" munched away in a marathon cheese tasting for several hours. Beer as a partner to cheese makes a most harmonious marriage as the beer cleanses the palate between each cheese flavor.
If you missed it this time...there will be another one! Thanks to all who brought a cheese to share!
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November
28, 2007 - Wednesday
Acoustic
Anarchy & Musical Mayhem
with Bob, Jeff & Danny
Showtime
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November
29,
2007 - Thursday
Lava Lamp Thursday Open
Mic @ 8:00
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Hosted by Pam Herndon
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November 30,
2007 - Friday
The
Reverend Dr. Otis Futhermucker and the Blues Pigs
Born in England in the age of dinosaurs The
Reverend Otis Futhermucker began singing and
playing guitar and harmonica at age 14. Through
the early 1960s he opened for some of the big
names on the British Blues circuit including
the Graham Bond Organization with Jack Bruce
and Ginger Baker, John Mayall in his Eric Clapton
and Peter Green period, Alexis Korner, and also
Little Walter, Lightnin' Slim, and Champion
Jack Dupree during their European tours. First
single released in 1964 "Buzz with the
Fuzz" with King Cobra and the Rattlesnakes
was the only record ever banned by Radio Caroline,
the first of the British offshore pirate radio
stations.
A
six-year stint in Australia found him playing
in various jazz bands in both the New Orleans
and "Lounge-Lizard" styles until lack
of money, greed and lust drove him to move to
the USA in 1981.
Otis
has musical influences going back to Mose Allison,
J.B. Lenoir, Ray Charles, Lightning Hopkins, Brownie
McGee and Sonny Terry, Duster Bennett, and the
Bonzo Dog Doodah Band. Recently he has been getting
more stage time around Houston. His playing and
singing styles have been respectively described
as "primitive" and "Nina Simone
on helium after a ground-glass sandwich".
His repertoire centers on old jazz of the 1920s
and '30s and the blues classics after the Robert
Johnson period. The Reverend has one CD recorded
at Rabid Ape Studios in Houston, and has plans for a second one.
Joining
Otis on stage tonight are Willie B on guitar,
Leash on saxophone and Jeff Hoofard on percussion.
Showtime
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